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Chapter IV
“Very good!” It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life. “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?” “Mrs. Fairbrother handed them to me.” “Handed them to you?”
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Very good!””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?””
except for; apart from
From this reading “It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
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From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mrs. Fairbrother handed them to me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Very good!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mrs. Fairbrother handed them to me.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
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From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Mrs. Fairbrother handed them to me.”
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From this reading “Mrs. Fairbrother handed them to me.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
except for; apart from
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Mrs. Fairbrother handed them to me.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Very good!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
which person or people
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the inspector who spoke; I could not have uttered a word to save my life.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Perhaps you will now feel that you owe it to this young lady to add how you came to have these gloves in your possession?”
